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<p>I AM</p><p>I am amazed and determined</p><p>I wonder what thoughts roll through their minds</p><p>I hear the sounds of their feet running</p><p>I see us go around a barrel</p><p>I want to win this competition</p><p>I am amazed and determined</p><p>I pretend this is my last competition</p><p>I feel like nothing can get better than this</p><p>I touch his neck as we go out of the ring</p><p>I worry we didn't make it</p><p>I am amazed and determined</p><p>I understand that riding is my life</p><p>I say I have tried my best</p><p>I dream to one day have a horse of my own</p><p>I try to love these horses</p><p>I hope to never let go of riding</p><p>I am amazed and determined.</p><p>SARAH WHITE</p><p>6th grader McKeel Academy of Technology</p><p>JESUS IS COMING</p><p>I'm looking for Jesus, to come back any day,</p><p>I'm looking for Him, to take me away.</p><p>It could happen in a moment in the twinkling of an eye,</p><p>He's going to appear in the eastern sky.</p><p>I'm looking for Jesus; He's soon to appear,</p><p>I don't know the hour; but His coming is near.</p><p>It could happen any time, it could happen any day,</p><p>He's coming back very soon, to take me away.</p><p>Jesus is coming, this I surely know,</p><p>His coming is soon and I'm ready to go.</p><p>I'm looking for Him to come back any day,</p><p>He's going to step out, on the clouds and take me away.</p><p>CHARLES E. FITZGERALD</p><p>Lakeland</p><p>[ Ledger readers are invited to send original poems to Write On!, The Ledger, P.O. Box 408, Lakeland 33802. Poems may be emailed to sherri.valvo@theledger.com. Put poem in the subject line. No more than one a month should be submitted. Handwritten poems must be legible. Poems must be submitted and signed by the author. ]</p>